Boysie "BJ" Jordan Obituary (1928 - 2024) - Hallandale Beach, Florida

Boysie "BJ" Jordan passed on June 3, 2024. He was a retired City of Hallandale Beach, Police Officer. Boysie "B.J." Jordan was born in 1928, in Albany, GA. He moved to Dania, FL. in 1948 with his sister. He was working as a porter in Sunny Isles Beach when someone suggested that he join the Hallandale Police Auxiliary. Jordan had dreamed of being a motorcycle cop as a child growing up in Albany. He learned to his surprise that the position was an unpaid one. For six months, he rode with a sworn officer for four hours a night. At the time, there were 17 police employees in Hallandale September of 1961. Jordan brought home $150 a paycheck every two weeks. Jordan was a black police officer in the days before the civil rights movement. Jordan saw his fair share of private prejudice along with the inherent danger of his chosen profession. It was often a difficult job to do upholding the law, while turning a deaf ear to the bigotry of the very citizens he was sworn to protect. History was made in 1970 when Jordan became the first black K-9 officer in Broward County. He also is responsible for starting the Police Honor Guard ancillary unit for Hallandale Police Department. For more than 30 years, he worked through six police chiefs and an acting chief, made thousands of arrests; has shot a man and been shot at, crashed three police cars, and closed the eyes fellow officer Austin Hepburn, Jr. who was killed in the line of duty. "B.J. Jordan is a history book of Hallandale" quoted by the then Police Chief Kenneth Wagner. His personnel file is filled with commendations and letters of appreciation from residents he has helped over the years. His supervisors described him as compassionate, reliable and dedicated. Please leave the family a note of condolence, light a candle of remembrance, or order a floral tribute for the service. Be Comforted By These Words: When peace like a river attendeth my way, And sorrows like sea billows roll, Whatever my lot thou has taught me to say, It Is Well, It Is Well With My Soul.